Layering…theory & guide for that Y2K Atmospheric DnB sound



Nu-Moon / Moonchild, Intersperse…a few producers from the Good Looking Records pedigree that released some of the most complex atmospheric songs at the turn of the century. Let’s talk about layering to build up rich atmospheres, with a real example #musicproduction #atmosphericdnb

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@0:00 Intro
@0:27 Examples
@1:10 Putting together layers
@4:26 Thickening it up
@6:07 Ambient Call & Response
@8:41 Use your FX
@9:50 Use your Ears
@10:53 Outro Ambience

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20 thoughts on “Layering…theory & guide for that Y2K Atmospheric DnB sound”

  1. These sounds remind me very much of Final Fantasy X and the likes of that same period. Would be cool to see you dwelve into those soundscapes. Another artist I'd love to see here is Dallas Superstars and JS16 (Darude, Bomfunk Mc's, Mighty 44) and especially their soft synths.

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  2. Hi, thanks for the video. I'm sorry for being dim, but why are you sampling your Korgs rather than just using multiple instances of them? I mean, assuming you have the Korg Collection.

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  3. Thank you, still amazed at the timing of all of this, like life itself is one big giant algorithme.
    What you do suddenly pops up everywhere, not only with ambient jungle / int.dnb but even the tutorials about it.
    Its a confirmation for me to keep pursuing.
    I found my genre of music (creation wise), this is it.
    Im not good technically unfortunately, maybe even below average since i nvr had a mentor or money to finance my dreams, but im having fun creating it at least, and proud if i can at least make something ambient.
    These videos will surely help allot😊

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  4. This is a great tutorial. It would be helpful if you could steer us towards some of the Korg Triton presets used and also mention some of the chords you've used. You said a couple of times that you were triggering Triton presets as a single note, yet they sound decidedly like chords to my ear, unless the chord is already baked into the preset which is often the case. A little more context would be helpful here.

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